London Design Festival 09: Andrew Waugh of architect Waugh Thistleton explains the benefits of burnt wood as a building material in this movie for movies for 100% Design and JAM. More about 100% Inspiration: Andrew Waugh
Designer Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio has completed a series of brass newspaper kiosks in London. More about Paperhouse by Heatherwick Studio
Architects LAVA have created a bookcase for the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney, Australia. More about Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation Bibliotheca by LAVA
London Design Festival 09: Amos Marchant describes the business model behind the Magno wooden radio in this movie for 100% Design and JAM. More about 100% Inspiration: Amos Marchant
London Design Festival 09: This final installment of movies for 100% Design and JAM features designers Nina Tolstrup of Studio Mama (above), Jamie Anley of JAM, Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton and Amos Marchant describing the objects they're chosen to represent 100% Design. More about 100% Inspiration: Nina Tolstrup, Amos Marchant, Andrew Waugh and Jamie Anley
London Design Festival 09: as part of our 100% Inspiration series of movies for 100% Design, Jamie Anley of JAM presents The Sphelix by Johnny Hawkes. More about 100% Inspiration: Jamie Anley
London practice Peter Barber Architects have completed the first part of a rehabilitation centre for homeless people in Lewisham, south London. More about Spring Gardens by Peter Barber Architects
New York-based firm Michael Neumann Architecture have completed the interior of a skateboarding and surfing shop in Laguna Beach, California. More about 225 Forest Avenue by Michael Neumann Architecture
Graduate designer Apirak Leenharattanarak has created a chair with spaces for storage in the backrest and seat. More about Burden Chair by Apirak Leenharattanarak
Russian architects Arch-group and ABTB have completed the interior of Moscow's electricity control room. More about Moscow United electricity control centre by Arch-group and ABTB
Lithuanian designer Andrius Pocius has designed a modular shelving system made up of elements that resemble books. More about Bookspile by Andrius Pocius
Dezeen podcast: Italian designer Mario Trimarchi has designed a set of table centrepieces for Alessi. In this podcast he describes the project and his experience of working with the Italian brand. More about Podcast interview: Mario Trimarchi for Alessi
Architectural photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us images of a house near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, designed by Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais. More about PL House by Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais
Another story about a felt chair: this time Peacock Chair by New York studio Dror for Italian furniture brand Cappellini. More about Peacock Chair by Dror
Spanish architecture practice Vaumm have won a competition to design a culinary centre at Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque region of Spain, with their design resembling a pile of stacked plates. More about Basque Culinary Centre by Vaumm
Israeli designer Omri Barzeev has created a chair using felt that has been folded into shape and clamped in place by its legs. More about Zaza Chair by Omri Barzeev
Makoto Tanijiri of Suppose Design Office has designed an installation for the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. More about Nature Factory by Makoto Tanijiri
Japanese brand Muji and German furniture manufacturers Thonet have collaborated to produce two collections of tubular steel and bent wood furniture. More about Muji manufactured by Thonet
Berlin-based designers Ett la Benn have created a clothes stand that unfolds into a pole when not in use. More about Valet by Ett la Benn
An exhibition of drawings and collages created for Blueprint magazine's Paper City feature, including work by architect Peter Cook and architect and artist James Wines, opens today at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. More about Paper City: Urban Utopias exhibitionat the Royal Academy of Arts